Are prices enough? The economics of material demand reduction
Are prices enough? The economics of material demand reduction
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DOI：
10.1098/rsta.2016.0370
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发表时间：
2017
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通讯作者：
Hamish Low
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作者：
Toke S. Aidt;Li Jia;Hamish Low
最近为实现碳目标而提出的政策建议强调了旨在实现物质效率的物质需求减少战略。我们在经济学家和工程师思考效率的方式之间架起了一座桥梁。我们使用经济学的工具来思考旨在提高物质效率的政策，并评估这些政策的作用和理论基础。分析强调了什么时候价格(或税收)可以用来诱导材料使用的变化，以及什么时候税收可能不起作用。我们认为，税收的作用受到对其分配后果的担忧、国际贸易和碳价格国际协议的缺乏以及投资失败的限制。本文是《减少物质需求》专题的一部分。
Recent policy proposals to achieve carbon targets have emphasized material demand reduction strategies aimed at achieving material efficiency. We provide a bridge between the way economists and engineers think about efficiency. We use the tools of economics to think about policies directed at material efficiency and to evaluate the role and rationale for such policies. The analysis highlights when prices (or taxes) can be used to induce changes in material use and when taxes may not work. We argue that the role of taxes is limited by concerns about their distributional consequences, by international trade and the lack of international agreement on carbon prices, and by investment failures. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Material demand reduction’.
影响因子：
13.2
作者：
Allwood, Julian M.;Ashby, Michael F.;Worrell, Ernst
通讯作者：
Worrell, Ernst